The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-15
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

The following letter has just been
received from President Cleveland e:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHISGToS.
Sept. 6, 1887.
| Messrs. ". G.. Upchurch, President, and
John Nichols, Secretory:
DEAR S1Rs.-Since the presentation to
me, by a committee from the North Caro-
lima State Agricultural Society, of the
resolutions inviting me to attend the 9th
Annual Fair to be held at Raleigh in the
ensuing month, T have been able to de-
termine the plans for my contemplated
trip to the West and South. and regret
exceedingly that the arrangements which
1T has been found necessary to make, pre-
clude the possibility of an acceptance Of
the invitation.
[ have advised the Mayor of your city
of my inability at this time to accept the
hospitality of it's citizens, and can only
add that | count it an agreeable oppor-
tunity lost not to be able to be present at
the Fair.
With assurances Of. my appreciation of
the compliment of the action of the So
ciety, / am,
Yours, very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
When our committee waited on
President Cleveland, we were hopeful
that in maturing his plans for his
Southern tour, he could visit our Fair.
So sanguine were we, and in the ab-
sence of any defamation on his part.
we ventured to say so, in our hand
bills. W. will not purposely mislead
the public, and in justice to the Society
and our people, it is our duty to in
form them promptly of his decision,
through his letter. And much as we
regret his inability to be with us, yet
there will be thousands and thousands
Of the good men and women Of our State
at the Fair, AMI we will make it a
most enjoyable and profitable occasion.
We assure the public, and especially
the farmers of the State, that nothing
will be left undone to make their visit
pleasant and profitable to them. We
want every intelligent farmer to come
and take a part in the State Farmers
Institute, for this feature is especially
for them, and no farmer can afford to
stay away from it. Our State Fair
should be a great exchange Of thought
of social courtesies, of views and ex-
%periences, and for exhibiting the things
we want to sell and for seeing the
things we want to buy.
This is emphatically a day of pro-
gress. Farmers must keep up, and to
do SO they should avail themselves of
every opportunity to inform them
selves of the constant changes, i'm
provements and developments that are
going on. How better, or where bet
ter can he do it than in a State Farm
ers' Institute, where will hear hun
dreds of matters, in which. he is deeply
interested, discussed byplain, practical
farmers, and on the Fair grounds,
where he will see the best results and
achievements of their best and most
successful effort. Let the. farmers of
North Carolina come forward and
take charge of their State Fair and
show to the world that we are not
laggards in the great race of progress,
We hope to secure cheaper rates than
ever for our friends. Let them re
solve at once that they will come and
meet their brethren in this good work.
Will the State press please copy this
appeal and thus aid US in building up
our good old State 2,
-. w. G.. UPCHURCH,
Pres't State Agricultural Society.
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